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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Chapter Five devoted?
(a) Nabokov's governess.
(b) Nabokov's wife.
(c) Nabokov's father.
(d) Nabokov's mother.

2. This chapter is the first recorded work, published in French in 1936, under the name "Mademoiselle O."
(a) Chapter Two.
(b) Chapter Four.
(c) Chapter Seven.
(d) Chapter Five.

3. They board the Sud-Express and disembark in what town?
(a) Biarritz.
(b) Nice.
(c) Marseille.
(d) Brest.

4. When does Nabokov eventually discover a new species?
(a) As a small boy in Russia.
(b) Not until he is an old man, living in exile in the United States.
(c) In Germany visiting his family.
(d) At Cambridge.

5. What is the process by which Vladimir Nabokov writes "Speak, Memory?"
(a) The autobiographical novel is culled from stories told to him by family members.
(b) The autobiographical novel is culled from Russian history books.
(c) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays on his life.
(d) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays written by the author's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are some of the ancestors on Nabokov's paternal, Russian side?

2. Soon, the string of nurses transforms into what?

3. What is the first memory Nabokov drags from the darkness?

4. Where do the children bathe?

5. How does Mademoiselle provide Vladimir with an extra hour or two out of the darkness?

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